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STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE _______________ COURT

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V. § COURT DESIGNATION
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*** § _______________ COUNTY, TEXAS

DEFENDANT'S MOTION IN LIMINE NO.___

(NAME CALLING BY PROSECUTION)

NOW COMES ***, the Defendant in the above entitled and numbered cause, by and

through Counsel, and moves the Court as follows:

The Defendant requests the Court to instruct the Prosecuting Attorney and his assistants not to

engage in any name-calling of the Defendant, but rather refer to him/her only by his/her Christian

and surname, the "Defendant" or the “Accused".

Movant would show that the use of any other name could only be for the purpose of

attaching derogatory and satirically unflattering labels to the Defendant and same would be

prejudicial and likely to create bias against the Defendant before the jury which would prevent

him/her from obtaining a fair trial in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the

United States Constitution, Article I, Sections 10 and 19 of the Texas Constitution, and Articles

1.04 and 1.05 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Defendant respectfully prays this

Honorable Court grant this motion.

 Respectfully Submitted,

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Attorney Name
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Attorney for Defendant

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Defendant’s Request for Notice of
Extraneous Offenses was served upon the attorney for the State on ________________________,
200___.

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Attorney for Defendant
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STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE _______________ COURT

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V. § COURT DESIGNATION
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*** § _______________ COUNTY, TEXAS

ORDER

Came on to be considered the Defendant’s Motion in Limine No. _____ (Name Calling by

Prosecution). Upon consideration of the motion and argument of counsel, the motion is

GRANTED. During the trial of this case, the attorneys for the State are ordered not to call or refer

to the Defendant by any name other than his/her Christian and surname, the “Defendant” or the

“Accused”.

SIGNED on the _____ day of ___________, 200___.

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JUDGE PRESIDING